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The simple definition of value-based care is better patient outcomes combined with smarter spending. As the U.S. healthcare system shifts from a fee-for-service model to incentivizing providers for improved care at a better price, there are specific practices in the ecosystem that must be addressed. Panel stuffing for lab tests is one of them.
Panel stuffing describes how labs add tests with no clinical value to panels and then bill for them. It’s an example of a little-discussed practice in the healthcare system that rewards abusive behavior.